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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb dry which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

dry
  1. Free from or lacking moisture.
  2. Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (Petrochemistry) oil, or (farming) milk.
  3. (masonry) Built without or lacking mortar.
  4. (chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
  5. Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
  6. (law) Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
  7. Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly:
    1. (wine and other alcoholic beverages) Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened.
    2. (humor) Amusing without being amused.
    3. Lacking interest, boring.
    4. (fine arts) Exhibiting precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color.
  8. (pejorative) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
  9. Synonyms:
      10. arid, baked, waterless, dehydrated, parched, torrid, desiccated, scorched, thirsty, droughty, moistureless, rainless, sear, sere, anhydrous, torrefied, athirst, barren, depleted, desert, desiccant, drained, evaporated, exhausted, sapped, bone dry, dried up, dried-up, dried out, not irrigated, dry as a bone, dry as dust, shrivelled, shriveled, dried, withered, seared, exsiccated, burnt, burned, sun-baked, bone-dry, wizened, wrinkled, preserved, reduced, hot, burning, powdered, puckered … more
  10. Examples:
      11. “On my first visit to the short grass plains of the southern Serengeti, they were as parched and dry as any desert.”
      “These hamburgers are incredibly dry and difficult to eat.”
      “A dry lecture will require some creativity on the professor's part to hold his students' attention.”
dried
  1. Without water or moisture, said of something that has previously been wet or moist; resulting from the process of drying.
  2. Usually of foods: cured, preserved by drying.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. desiccated, dry, dehydrated, moistureless, preserved, anhydrous, drained, dried out, dried up, dried-up, shriveled, shrivelled, parched, withered, powdered, arid, sun-dried, jerked, waterless, scorched, droughty, thirsty, sear, sere, crisp, brittle, crispy, wizened, wilted, crumbly, unjuicy, hard, hardened, unmoistened, juiceless, sapless, firm, solid, sun-baked … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “She placed the dried clothes on the laundry line after they had been washed and wrung out.”
droughty
  1. Lacking rain.
  2. (archaic) dry; thirsty
  3. Synonyms:
      4. arid, thirsty, waterless, dry, sear, sere, parched, dehydrated, athirst, baked, desiccated, torrid, desert, barren, moistureless, anhydrous, evaporated, drained, rainless, shriveled, scorched, exhausted, desiccant, sapped, depleted, thirstful, gasping, shrivelled, sitient, dried-up, not irrigated, dried up, dry as a bone, unmoistened, juiceless, sapless, hard, bare, stale, dusty, impoverished, bald, torrefied, bone-dry, spitting chips, bone dry, dried out, dry as dust, longing for a drink, in need of a drink … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “In droughty countries like Arizona and New Mexico we were frequently reduced to serious straits to find decent drinking-water.”
      “Previous authors have suggested some oak communities represent edaphic climaxes on poor, droughty soils.”
      “This ecosystem has low productivity and is found on acidic, nutrient poor, droughty and well-drained sandy entisols.”
drouthy
  1. (Scotland, US) Droughty, dry.
  2. (Scotland, US) Thirsty.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. parched, thirsty, dehydrated, droughty, dry, gasping, thirstful, athirst, sitient, thirsting, spitting chips, cotton-mouth … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “It causes plants to root deeply, and that is a distinct benefit in a drouthy season, and always desirable.”
      “Tomatoes on drouthy soils are likely to suffer from blossom end rot as well as from poor growth.”
      “She has just as drouthy a system, and it takes just as much to fill it.”
drier
  1. comparative form of dry: more dry
  2. Synonyms:
      3. arider, torrider, thirstier, droughtier, searer, barrener, more baked, more dehydrated, more parched, more desiccated, more scorched, more sere, more anhydrous, more torrefied, more athirst, more desiccant, more drained, more exhausted, more dried up, more dried out, brittler, crisper, crispier, crumblier, harder, firmer, more shrivelled, more withered, more wilted, more wizened, more hardened, more juiceless, more sapless, more shriveled, more solid, duller, boringer, drearier, flatter, stodgier, blander, drabber, dustier, heavier, mundaner … more
dryish
  1. Quite dry, relatively dry.
  2. Examples:
      3. “A dish of veal medallions turned out to be more like well-done, dryish filets of baby beef.”
      “Generally, fondue is served with dryish bread cubes, skewered and then dipped into the cheese mixture.”
      “The forecasters are split between light rain and dryish gloom for tomorrow afternoon but come together again on the longer-term prospects.”
dryer
  1. (US) Alternative spelling of drier
droughtproof
  1. Resistant to drought.
droughted
  1. Affected by drought.
  2. Examples:
      3. “There are many other documented changes in shoot morphology which take place in the droughted plant.”
      “Root biomass and grain yield were positively correlated under well-watered and droughted pot conditions.”
      “This led to a careful study on the effects of drought on the distribution of growth patterns between droughted and non-droughted plants.”
droughtless
  1. Without drought.
dryable
  1. Which can be dried.
  2. Examples:
      3. “This yarn is mothproof, shrink-proof, colorfast, non-allergenic and machine washable and dryable.”
      “This flammable material disintegrates when subjected to drycleaning solvents, but is machine washable and dryable, nontoxic and can withstand the heat of a medium-hot iron.”
      “Baby will love to snuggle in this soft, comfortable blanket. Parents love the easy to care for qualities of this machine washable and tumble dryable blanket.”
dryerless
  1. Without a dryer.
droughtier
  1. comparative form of droughty: more droughty
  2. Synonyms:
      3. arider, thirstier, drier, searer, more sere, more parched, more dehydrated, more athirst, more baked, more desiccated, torrider, barrener, more anhydrous, more drained, more thirstful, more scorched, more shriveled, more desiccant, more exhausted, more shrivelled, more dried up, more sapless, more juiceless, harder, barer, dustier, balder, more impoverished, staler, more torrefied, more dried out, more withered, drouthier, more reduced, brittler, crisper, crispier, more wizened, crumblier, more wilted, more hardened, more solid, firmer … more
droughtiest
  1. superlative form of droughty: most droughty
  2. Synonyms:
      3. aridest, thirstiest, driest, searest, most sere, most parched, most dehydrated, most athirst, most baked, most desiccated, torridest, barrenest, most anhydrous, most drained, most thirstful, most scorched, most shriveled, most desiccant, most exhausted, most shrivelled, most dried up, most sapless, most juiceless, hardest, barest, most impoverished, dustiest, stalest, baldest, most torrefied, most dried out, most withered, drouthiest, most reduced, brittlest, crispest, crispiest, most wizened, crumbliest, most wilted, most hardened, most solid, firmest … more
driest
  1. superlative form of dry: most dry
  2. Synonyms:
      3. aridest, torridest, thirstiest, droughtiest, searest, barrenest, most baked, most dehydrated, most parched, most desiccated, most scorched, most sere, most anhydrous, most torrefied, most athirst, most desiccant, most drained, most exhausted, most dried up, most dried out, brittlest, crispest, crispiest, crumbliest, hardest, firmest, most shrivelled, most withered, most wilted, most wizened, most hardened, most juiceless, most sapless, most shriveled, most solid, dullest, boringest, dreariest, flattest, stodgiest, blandest, drabbest, dustiest, heaviest, mundanest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I stress this pattern because July has been a wet month, a dramatic reversal from the driest June on record.”
      “However, even this broad pattern is not universal, for giraffes, impalas, and kongoni have their peak of births at the driest time of year.”
      “With the Riesling, this makes for one of the driest wines in France, in no way resembling the flowery, grapey Riesling of the German Rhine.”
dryest
  1. superlative form of dry: most dry
drying
  1. present participle of dry
  2. Synonyms:
      3. toweling, towelling, rubbing, dabbing, sponging, swabbing, wiping, drying off, dabbing dry, rubbing dry, making dry, mopping up, blotting up, cleaning up, soaking up, sopping up, rubbing down, wiping water from, removing the water from, wiping tears from, desiccating, dehydrating, dehumidifying, anhydrating, evaporating, exsiccating, freeze-drying, removing the moisture from, wilting, shrivelling, shriveling, withering, parching, wizening, baking, scorching, searing, torrefying, drying out, drying up … more
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